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Leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni, takes a selfie during a rally as part of the campaign for general elections, in Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy on September 11, 2022. (Piero Cruciatti/AFP)
September 11, 2022, 9:52 pm
Polls predict easy victory for Italy’s far-right under firebrand Giorgia Meloni
2 weeks before election, right-wing parties seen taking 46% of votes, far ahead of leftist rivals with 28.5%; Meloni, who heads post-fascist party, would be country’s 1st female PM
By Ella Ide
Italian senator and League party leader Matteo Salvini at the Senate in Rome on July 20, 2022. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
July 30, 2022, 6:49 am
Russia rejects accusations of interference in Italian elections
Anti-immigrant politician Matteo Salvini ditched PM Draghi after talks with Russian embassy, prompting collapse of government; Moscow calls claims it intervened ‘bizarre’
By AFP
Italian Premier Mario Draghi waves to lawmakers at the end of his address at the Parliament in Rome, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
July 21, 2022, 1:07 pm
Italian Premier Draghi resigns amid political turmoil, collapsed government 
Draghi’s unity government imploded Wednesday as members of his uneasy coalition rebuffed his appeal to ensure implementation of the European Union-funded pandemic recovery program
By Nicole Winfield
A rescue helicopter flies on July 4, 2022 over the glacier that collapsed the day before on the mountain of Marmolada, the highest in the Dolomites (Pierre TEYSSOT / AFP)
July 4, 2022, 3:17 pm
17 still missing in Italian Alps following deadly glacier disaster amid heatwave
Nationalities of the 6 known dead not disclosed; 16 cars unclaimed in parking lot; at least 9 hikers injured; collapse occurred during higher-than-usual temperatures
By Frances D'Emilio
(L-R) Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, President of France Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Mariinsky Palace, in Kyiv, on June 16, 2022 (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
June 16, 2022, 2:56 pm
Zelensky meets with leaders of France, Germany and Italy; Macron decries ‘massacres’
Sirens sound as Western European leaders, Romanian president arrive in Kyiv; in beleaguered Irpin, French president denounces ‘barbarism’ of Russian attacks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi travel on board a train bound to Kyiv after departing from Poland, June 16, 2022 (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
June 16, 2022, 12:25 pm
Leaders of France, Germany and Italy visit Ukraine with ‘message of European unity’
Macron, Scholz and Draghi take train from Poland in 1st visit since start of Russian invasion; will meet Zelensky as Kyiv pushes for official candidate status to join EU
By Benoit Finck
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, left, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett make a press statement at the prime minster's office in Jerusalem, June 14, 2022. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)
June 14, 2022, 7:26 pm
Bennett blasts Lebanon for arguing over gas finds instead of drilling
Bennett also speaks to visiting Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi about possibility of getting Israeli gas to Europe as it weens itself off Russian supplies
By ToI Staff and AP
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen speaks at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, June 14, 2022 (European Commission)
June 14, 2022, 12:42 pm
Blasting Russian ‘blackmail,’ EU chief calls for more energy cooperation with Israel
Ursula Von der Leyen hails friendship with Jerusalem, says East Med pipeline an investment in both Europe’s and Israel’s energy security
By Lazar Berman
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, right, greets Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, March 7, 2022. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)
June 13, 2022, 8:08 pm
EU chief, Italian PM in Israel, with Russia-sparked energy crisis topping agenda
Ursula Von der Leyen to meet Bennett and Lapid, whose government has sought to improve ties with bloc; both EU chief and Mario Draghi to also meet with PA premier
By AFP and ToI Staff
People sit by the Rome's Piazza del Popolo Lions fountain, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
January 6, 2022, 12:20 pm
Italy makes coronavirus vaccination compulsory for over-50s
Cabinet votes unanimously to impose the requirement amid record Omicron infections; not clear what penalty, if any, refusers might face
By Frances D'Emilio
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens to a question during a press conference at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, October 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
October 31, 2021, 9:16 pm
G20 disappoints on key climate target as global hopes turn to Glasgow confab
UK’s Boris Johnson calls latest commitments to limiting global warming ‘drops in a rapidly warming ocean’; UN chief says he leaves Rome ‘with my hopes unfulfilled’
By Alice Ritchie and Alvise ARMELLINI
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